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United States Patent SPLIT DRAW Frank W. E. Hoeselbarth, Carlisle, Pa.,assignor to C. H.

Masland & Sons, Carlisle, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania ApplicationAugust 13, 1956, SeriaI No. 603,762 13 Claims. 01. 139-403 The presentinvention relates to a method of weaving pile fabric such as carpets andrugs.

This application been divided and the subject matter relating to thefabric has been embodied in U.S. Patent application Serial No. 680,480,filed August 27, 1957, for Split Draw, and now abandoned.

A purpose of the invention is to eliminate streaks or lining effects in'weaving carpets and rugs and other pile fabrics.

A further purpose is to manipulate two or more pile warp ends throughthe same heddle eye and maintain the same relative position of the pilewarp ends in the fabric without permitting rotation or jasp effect, thusallowing the manufacture of fabrics having a' predetermined relation ofcolors which'are woven together, making it possible to establish shadowand tone effects.

A further purpose is to thread in two or more pile warp ends through thesame eye of a heddle, whetherin velvet, tapestry, Wilton or Brusselsweaving, and to carry one of the pile warp ends through the same dent orcourse and the other through the adjoining dent or course withoutcrossing the binder warp.

A further purpose is to weave with two frames of pile Figure 7 is a Viewsimilar to Figure 1 showing ice In the drawings I have chosen toillustrate a few. only of the numerous embodiments in which my inventionmay appear, selecting the forms shown from the standpoints ofconvenience in illustration, satisfactory operation .and cleardemonstration of the principles involved;

Figure l is a diagrammatic top plan view showing the thread-in accordingto one embodiment of the invention. The stuffer and binder warp heddlesare eliminated for convenience in illustration.

Figure 2 is a conventional warpwise weave diagram of one embodiment ofthe weave of Figure 1, illustrating the stutter warp end and binder warpends of one dent, and the pile warp ends of one dent and part of thenext dent, the pile warp ends being displaced slightly so that those inthe background can be seen. I

Figure 3 is a weave step diagram illustrating the double shed step informing the weave of the invention.

Figure 4 is a weave step diagram showing the single shed step in formingthe weave of the invention,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating a modification usinga false reed. j

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic end View, partly in section, showing themounting of the false reed. 4

a fur"- ther modification in the weave of the invention. Figure 8 is aview similar to Figure 1 showing the pririciples of the inventionapplied to a Wilton weave in one warp ends threaded in alternate dents,and to carry each frame through an eye of its heddle in a particulardent, and then carry one of the ends of the frame from the eye throughthe same dent and joining dent.

A further purpose is to raise two or more pile warp ends in differentdents by the same eye of the heddle and to manipulate the stuifer warpend in the dent by a long slot on the same heddle. v a

A further purpose is to separate pile warp ends in a dent by creating asub-dent through insertion of a false split of a false reed.

A further purpose is to carry pile warp ends of the said frame of pilewarp ends which pass through eyes of heddles of adjoining dents intocrossing or scissors relationship and thread them through the oppositedents.

A further purpose in connection with the scissors relationship is toplace ends of one frame ofpile warp ends in scissors relation to onesplit and ends ofthe next frame the other through the adin scissorsrelation to the next split. I

A further purpose is to weave a Wilton using patte selection andpreferably placing one frame of pile warp ends toward the split withrespect to the stuifer warp, another frame of pile warp ends between thestuifer warp and one binder warp, another frame of pile warp between thebinder warps, another frame of pile warp between the binder warp remotefrom the stuifer warp and the nextsplit, and to carry still anotherframe of pile warp from a heddle eye opposite the next dent into thedent first mentioned adjoining the split. Some or all of these featureswill be present in thefabric.

A further purpose is to employ high and low floats as desired'with endsrunning together with the same heddle eyes but threaded throughdifferent dents.

Further purposes appear in the specification and in the embodiment.

Figure 9 is a conventional warpwise weave diagram of a Wilton weave ofFigure 8.

Figure 10 is a modified conventional warpwise weave diagram showing afloat weave according to the invention. Figure 11 is a photograph of theface of a carpet weave according to the invention.

Describing in illustration and not in limitation andreferring to thedrawings:

[In theprior art, in conventional practice the pile warp ends carriedthrough the eyes of the heddle opposite a particular dent are threadedthrough the dent and the pile warp ends run truly longitudinally.

Considerable dilficulty is caused from time to time through streaks dueto variations in the yarn or in the weaving technique. These give riseto lining effects which are very objectionable, particularly in largecarpet areas.

Efforts have been made in the past to employ twoor more yarn endscarried through the same pile warp heddle eye and through the same dent.These ends. are permitted to rotate and give rise to a variationdepending on which color of pile warp end woven together is uppermost ata particular point. This effect is called jasp.

I have discovered that there are distinct advantages in carrying two ormore pile warp ends through the same eye of the heddle, but deliberatelydeparting from normal practice and carrying one of the pile warp, endsfrom the heddle eye into an adjoining dent of-the reed without crossinga binder warp end. This gives riseto a number of improvements.

in the first place it is possible to reduce the tendency to formstreaks. The pile warp ends which are produced comprise one pile warpend oriented warpwise and one pile warp end oriented diagonally, thusbreaking up the eifect of streaks. This advantage exists whether thepile warp ends are of the same coloror of different colors. 2

Furthermore, the designer can determine which of the pile warp endswoven together shall form the top of the pile at a particular point,thus securing a predetermined color relationship, permitting reliableestablishment; of shadow or tone effects, where the different pile warpends carried through the same eye are of different colors.

Considering now the form of Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, the fabricillustrated will preferably be a velvet or tapestry heddle eyes of theheddle corresponding to alternate dents and comprising pile warp endsand 20' which are threaded through the same eye 21 of pile warp heddleframe 22. The eyes 21 are those which are aligned with dents 24, 26 and28 of reed 30 as illustrated in Figure l. The other pile warp set wovenin staggered relation comprises pile warp ends 3-1 and 31' which arecarried through the same eyes 32 of pile warp heddle frame 33. The eyes32 are opposite to dents 25, 27, etc. of reed 30.

In other words, the pile warp ends 20 and 20' are threaded through theeyes opposite the even numbered dents and the pile warp ends 31 and 31'are threaded through the eyes opposite the odd numbered dents.

The fabric also includes binder warp set 34 and binder warp set 35threaded through each of the dents and woven in opposition to oneanother. The binder warp heddles are not shown. It will, of course, beevident that it is unimportant from the standpoint of the presentinvention whether there are two binder warp sets woven in opposition toone another or one binder warp set woven in opposition to the stufferwarp set.

There is also in each dent a stuffer warp end 36 which is shown as asingle end although it will be evident that the question of whether asingle end or a group of stufrer warp ends per dent may be used isimmaterial from the standpoint of the invention.

The thread-in of the ends in accordance with the invention is unusual.Pile warp end 20', after passing through heddle eye 21 is carriedthrough the corresponding dent of the reed in accordance with usualpractice. The companion pile warp end 20, however, is not threadedthrough the same dent but is carried to the opposite side of split 23'into the next dent 23. The binder warp ends in the dent 24 are on theside of the ends 20 and 20' remote from the split 23 or in other wordstowards the opposite split 24' in dent 24 and. correspondingly placed inother even numbered dents. Thus the wandering end 20 which travels intothe next dent does not cross a binder warp end.

' The stuffer warp end 36 in the dent 24 or in any one of thecorresponding even numbered dents is illustrated as being below the pilewarp ends in the dent 24 and it is manipulated either by a separatestuffer warp heddle (not shown), or by long slots on the heddles 22. and33 'as later explained.

In the other pile warp set, pile warp end 31 passes through eye 32 ofthe heddle frame and is carried through 'the corresponding dent of thereed as in normal practice.

But wandering pile warp end 31 also passes through eye 32 of pile warpheddle frame 33 but passes on the op- Step I Pile warp ends 31 and 31'are fully raised and binder V Figure 3, pile warp ends 20 and 20' likethe other pile wires here referred to, may be cutting, noncutting,alternately cutting and noncutting, straight, wavy, high, low, flag, orotherwise as well known in the art. The weft and wire are beaten up bythe reed, resulting in a longitudinal pile projection 40 from pile warp31' and a diagonal pile'projection 41 from pile warp end 31.

Step II In the next step binder warp ends 35 are fully'lowered and allother ends are raised halfway, forming a lower shed. A shot of lowerweft 4-2 is inserted in the lower shed and the shot is beaten up by thereed.

Step III Pile warp ends 20 and 20' are fully raised and binder warp ends35 are raised halfway forming an upper shed. All other ends are lowered,forming a lower shed. A wire 38 is inserted in the upper shed and a shotof upper weft 37 is inserted in the lower shed. The wire will becutting, noncutting, cutting following noncutting, wavy, high, low, flagor otherwise as desired. The wire and weft are beaten up by the reed,resulting in producing a longitudinally directed pile projection 43 dueto pile warp end 20' and a diagonal pile projection 44 due to thewandering pile warp end 20.

Step IV Step IV is similar to Step II. Binder warp ends 34 are loweredand all other ends are raised halfway, forming a lower shed. The shot oflower weft 42 is inserted in the lower shed and beaten up by the reed.

It will be evident that the pile projections 40, 41, 43 and 44v mutuallyengage at crossing points 45 above the back of the fabric. When thefabric is in use, after the wires have of course been withdrawn, thefour pile warp ends which are in close adjacency at any one of thepoints 45 comprise two pile projections which are tending to extendlongitudinally and two projections WhlCl'l. are tending to extenddiagonally. The result, therefore, is to produce lateral forces whichbreak up the tendency for a straight longitudinal alignment of the pilepro ections and produce more uniform coverage by deflectmg pileprojections to occupy fully the space'between spaced binder warp ends.This gives a much improved fabric from the standpoint of both appearanceand serviceability.-

Figures 3 and 4 illustrate in simplified form weaving with a long slotto manipulate the stuifer warp end. In these views a single frame onlyis employed. The observer is looking at split 23' of reed 30 in Figures3 and 4.

Pile warp ends 20 and 20' pass through eye 21 of rule warp'heddle frame22. As already explained, pile warp end 20 extends longitudinallythrough the corresponding dent 24 and therefore is behind split 23'.Pile warp end 20, however, passes in front of split 23' because 1t is indent 23.

With the pile warp heddle frame 22 fully raised in are fully raised.Stuffer warp end 36 is raised to mid-position by long slot '46,depending below the eye 21 on each heddle wire.

The stutter warp end passes through the long slot 46. (If long slots areused on two pile warp frames, the stufier warp passes through both longslots of the particular dent.) In the position corresponding to the stepof Figure 3, binder warp end 35 is raised halfway and binder warp ends34 are lowered. A wire 38 is inserted in upper shed 47 and a lower weft42 is inserted in the lower shed 48.

In the next step, illustrated in Figure 4, binder warp ends 34 areraised halfway and all other ends are lowered, forming a lower shed 50through which an upper weft 37 is inserted. The pile warp ends 20 and20' are lowered by eyes 21 and the stuifer warp ends 36 are lowered bythe tops of the long slots 46.

In th for s previous y de cribed, I have indicated that the wanderingpile warp end is carried into a position which creates a diagonaltendency in the pile projection and is held in predetermined alignmentfor the purpose of assuring a predetermined relationship of colors ofpile warp ends woven together, by means of threading into anadjoiningdent. It will be evident, however, that in some cases it may bepreferred to use a false reed and create subdents for this purpose.

In Figures 5 and 6 I illustrate a reed 30 having suitably at the top abracket 51, which mounts a false reed 52 having splits 53 on the side ofthe reed remote from the fell. Thus there are false splits 53 in each ofthe dents which'make it possible to separate two pilewarp ends 20 and20' which pass through the same eye 21 of the pile warp heddle frame 22.The illustration in Figure .5 is for a single pile frame, but the sameexpedient can be applied for two or more pile frames.

' In many cases, particularlyin velvet or tapestry weaving, it isdesirable to cross the thread-in as shown in Figure 7. In this form Iillustrate a pile warp heddle frame 22 having eyes 21 on either side ofsplit 23 of the reed and a pile warp heddle frame 33 having eyes 32 oneither side of a split 24 of the reed.

a Each of the heddle eyes 21 has two ends 20 and 20' threaded throughit. The end 20' is normal and passes through the dent corresponding tothe heddle eye but the end 20 is a wandering end and is placed on theside adjoining the split. 'It passes in each case into the next dent.Thus the two wandering ends 20 cross at 57 in a scissors relationship asviewed from above.

On the opposite side of dent 24 and on the side opposite to thebinderwarp ends 35 and34, a similar situation exists with respect to the otherpile warp set. In this case each of the eyes 32.0f pile .warp heddle 33carries two pile warp ends, a normal pile warp end 31 which is threadedthrough the same dent and a wandering pile warp end 31' which isthreaded through the opposite dent and is carried on the side nearestthe split 24'. Thus again there is a crossing or scissors relationshipat 57'.

In each of the dents the stuifer warp end 36 is preferably carried belowthe pile warp ends as shown and manipulated either by a long slot or aseparate stufler warp heddle frame as desired. The binder warp ends are,of course, manipulated by binder warp heddle frames. It will be evidentthat this scissors relationship assures a noudirectional property andalso assures maintaining the relative relationship of colors of pilewarp ends woven together.

It will readily be understood that the principles of the invention, asin Figures 1 to 7 inclusive, can be applied in Wilton weaving, in whichcase the heddle eyes 21 and 22 will be the eyes of lingoe heddles. Dueprecaution should be taken, of course, to be sure that any lingoe whichcarries an end which crosses. over another end is woven with the endwhich you crossed over, that is, raised when the other end is raised andlowered when the other end is lowered.

In Wilton weaving there are advantages, however, to be gained byindividually separating the ends as well as by producing a diagonal loopformation. Figure 8 illustrates a draw up for this purpose, inwhich'principles of end separation are illustrated which may be usedalone without following other principles therein shown.

This draw up primarily illustrates a dent splits 23' and 24' of thereed. Each other dent may desirably be threaded in similarly.

In this form, there is a binder warp heddle frame 58 manipulating binderwarp ends 35, binder warp heddle frame 60 manipulating binder warp ends34 and a stuft'er warp heddle frame 61 manipulating stuifer warp ends36. The respective ends are laterally spaced from left to right in theorder named. Between the stufier warp end 36 and the split 24'isthreaded in a pile warp end :62 which is manipulated by lingoe heddles63 to raise itselective ly over awire38 to. form pile projections 64 24defined by .This pile warp end 75.,

7 6 opposite dent 24 which carry the individual pile frames or pile warpends end 75 is separated from as the-pattern requires. Spaced by thestufler warpend 36 on one side and the binder warp end 34 on the otherside there is a pile warp end 65 which ismanipulated according to thepattern by lingoe heddles 66 and raised in the pile over wires 38 toproduce pile projections 67 as the pattern requires. Placed between thetwo binder warp ends is a pile warp end 68 which is manipulatedaccording to the pattern by lingoe heddles 70 to form pile projections71 passing over wires 38. Between binder warp ends 35 and splits 23 arepile warp ends 72 which are manipulated by lingoe heddles 73 accord-:ing to the pattern to produce pile projections 74 over a wire.

Adjoining the split 23' is pile warp end 75. All of the pile endspreviously discussed in reference to Figures 8 and 9 are threaded innormally through the same dent that corresponds to the positions of theheddle eyes. however, is threaded through lingoe heddles 76 in line withthe next dents. Correspondingly adjoining split 24 there are lingoeheddles pile warp ends which are threaded in the next dent. 25 on theopposite side of the split 24'. c

The resulting fabric as shown in Figure 9 will resemble the fabric of*Figure 2 except that it has five frames and that there is patternselection.

Unlike a normal Wilton or Brussels weave, however,

are separated from one another. Pile warp end 62 is separated by thesplit on the one side and the stuflEer warp end on the other side. Pilewarp end 65 is separated by the stutter warp on the one side and thebinder warp end on the other side. Pile warp end 68 is separated by thebinder warp ends on both sides. Pile warp end 72 is separated on oneside by binder warp end 35. On the other side it is adjoining pile warpend 75 but pile warp pile warp end 72 by the fact that it is threadedthrough a different dent from that in line with its lingoe eye.

Also it will be evident that there is a vdiagonal characteristicimparted to pile projections 77 formed from pile warp ends 75.

In the previous discussion reference has generally been made to pilewarp ends, but it will be evident that the ends may in fact be face warpends rather than pile warp ends in the sense that they may be high orlow floats in staggered relation or otherwise. I illustrate in Figure 10the condition regarding one frame of suitably a two or more frame fabricincluding pile warp ends 20 and 20' 'which in this case are placedadjoining the split, end 20 .neath two wires, as well as normal pileprojections 81 which are bound down under adjoining binding wefts.

It will be evident that the next frame will suitably be identical in thelow float area except that the floats are staggered one weft position.Of course being a Wilton lor Brussels fabric, the pattern control willdetermine ;the

placement of the high and low floats and normal pile.

It will be evident that two ends woven together and carried through thesame heddle eye can be held deliberately in the same relationship withrespect to left and right position or with respect to uppermost andlowermost position in the pile projections. This permits control of thecolor shading and tone.

Figure 11 illustrates the face of the fabric of Figures 1 and 2, andshows the absence of lining effects;

In view of my invention and disclosure, variations and modifications tomeet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident toothers skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of myinvention without copying the method shown, and I, therefore, claim allHaving thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

- 1. The method of weaving a pile fabric, using a set of heddles each ofwhich has an eye, using a reed having dents, and using pile warp ends,binder warp ends, stutfer warp ends and wefts, which comprises threadingin through each pile heddle eye of one heddle set one pile warp end andthen threading said one pile warp end through a dent of the reed whichis in line longitudinally with the heddle eye through which said onepile warp end is threaded, threading in through each pile heddle eye ofsaid'oneheddle set another pile warp end and then threading said otherpile warp end through a dent of the reed which isadjoining to said dentwhich is longitudinally in 'line with said heddle eye, there then beingtwo pile warp ends in the same heddle eyes, threading in binder warpends through heddles and through the various dents of the reed,threadingin stuffer warp ends through heddles and through the variousdents of the reed, and interweaving the pile warp ends, binder'warp endsand stutter warp ends with wefts, and in the weaving raising all of saidpile warp ends in the face of the fabric to form pile projections andbinding them beneath wefts.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the pile warp ends "threaded throughsaid adjoining dents of the reed do not 'cross binder warp ends.

3. The method of claim 1, which comprises floating the pile projectionsover at least one binding weft between the binding wefts by which thepile projections are bound.

4. The method of claim 1, which comprises weaving with transverse wires,and floating the pile warp ends over at least one binding weft and atleast two wires between the wefts by which the pile projections arebound.

5. The method of claim 1, which comprises weaving with transverse wiresand floating the pile warp ends over at least'one binding weft and underat least one transverse wire between the binding wefts by which the pileprojections are bound.

6. The method of weaving a. pile fabric, using heddles each of which isprovided with an eye, using a feed having dents, and usingfour sets ofpile warp ends, with binder warp ends, stuifer warp ends and wefts,which comprises threading in a first set of pile warp ends, one in eacheye of a first set of pile heddles and one in each dent of the reedwhich is longitudinally in line with the eye of the first set of pileheddles through which the end of the first pile warp set passes,threading in through the eyes of said first pile heddle set a second setof pile warp ends one in each eye of said first pile heddle set and onein each dent of the reed which is adjoining to the dent which is in linewith the pile heddle eye through which the end of the second pile warpset is threaded, threading in a third set of pile warp ends one in eacheye of a second setof pile heddles'and in each dent of the reedlongitudinally in line with the eye of the second set of pile heddlesthrough which the end of the third pile warp set is-threaded, threadingin through the eyes of said second pile heddle set a fourth set of pilewarp ends one in each eye of said second pile heddle set and one in eachdent of thereed which is adjoining the dent whichis longitudinally Y inline with the-heddle eye through which the pile warp end of said fourth.set is threaded, threading in binder warp-ends in the various dents,threading in stuffer warp ends-in the various dents, interweaving thepile warp ends of the four sets mentioned above, the binder warp ends,and the stufier warp ends with wefts,-andinthe weaving raising the pilewarp ends of the first and second set in staggered relation to the pilewarp ends of the'third and fourth set.

- 7 The method of claim 6, in which each of the pile warpends which isthreaded through one of'said adjoining dentse'f-the reed, is thread'edthrough. the side of said -'adjoiningdent nearest tothedentlongitudinally in line threaded, with respect to all binder warp in saidadjoining dent.

8. The method of claim 7, using false splits in the reed, whichcomprises forming subdents of the false splits and placing the pilewarpends' in the dents on opposite sides of the false splits.

9. The method of weaving a pile fabric, using heddles having eyes andusing a reed having dents separated by splits, and using pile warp endsof at least two pile war'p sets, binder warp ends, stuffer warp ends and.wefts, which comprises threading a pair of pile warp ends of onepilewarp set through each heddle eye of one set of pile'heddles, threading apair of pile warp ends of another set through each heddle eye of anotherset of pile heddles, threading one of the pair of pile warp ends whichpasses through each heddle eye through a dent of the reed which islongitudinally in line with that heddle eye and threading the other ofthe pair of pile warp ends which is threaded through each heddle eyethrough anadjoining dent of the reed which is next to said dent which isin line with the heddle eye through which the pile warp end is threaded,the pile warp ends of the dilferent pile warp sets which are threadedthrough said adjoining dents of the reed crossing one another, threadingin binder warp ends in the dents, threading in stufier warp ends in thedents, and interweaving said pile warp ends, the binder warp ends, thestuffer warp ends and wefts while raising the pile warp ends in pileprojections and binding the pilewarp ends beneath wefts.

10. The method of weaving a pile fabric, using heddles 'each'of whichhas an eye, using a reed having even-numbered dents and odd-numbereddents, and using pile warp ends, binder warp-ends, stutfer warp ends andwefts, which comprises threading in a first pair of pile warp endsthrough each pile warp heddle eye of a first set opposite aneven-numbered dent, threading in one of said first pair of pile warpends through the even-numbered dent of the reed which is longitudinallyin line with the eye through which the pile warp end is threaded,threading in the other pile warp end of said first pair through theodd-numbered dent of the reed which is adjoining to that which islongitudinally in line with the eye through which the pile warp ends ofthe first pair are threaded, threading in a second pair of pile warpends through each pile warp heddle eye of the same set which is oppositean odd-numbered dent of the reed on the side of all binder warps in saidodd-numbered dent which adjoins the next even-numbered dent, threadingin one of said second pair of pile warp ends through said odd-numbereddent of the reed and threading the other of said second pair of pilewarp ends through said adjoining even-numbered dent, there being acrossing of those pile warp ends which pass into dents different frgmthose which are longitudinally in line with the heddle eyes throughwhich such pile warp ends pass, threading in binder warp ends in thedents, threading in stuffer warp ends in the dents, and interweaving thepile warp ends, binder warp ends and stutfer warp ends with wefts whileraising pile warp ends in pile projections and binding the pileprojections beneath wefts.

11. The method of weaving pile fabric, using pile warp heddle frame 1having heddle eyes, pile warp heddle frame 2 having heddle eyes, and areed having dents separated by splits, said dents being associated inadjoining groups, the dents of each group being identified as A, B andC, and using pile warp ends, binder warp ends, stutfer Warp ends andwefts, which comprises threading in binder warp ends in the dents inintermediate positions remote from the splits, threading in stuffer warpends in the dents, threading in two pile warp ends of a first pairthrough each eye of pile warp heddle frame 1 opposite dent B, threadingin one of each said first pair of pile warp ends through dent B of thereed onthe side adjoining dent A, and-threading inth'e other of eachsaid first pair of 'pile warp ends through dent A on the side adjoiningdent B, threading in two pile warp ends of a second pair through eacheye of pile warp heddle 1 opposite dent A, threading in one of saidsecond pair of pile warp ends through dent A of the reed on the sideadjoining dent B, and threading in the other of said second pair of pilewarp ends through dent B of the reed on the side adjoining dent A,threading in two pile warp ends of a third pair through each eye of pilewarp heddle 2 opposite dent B, threading in one of said third pair ofpile Warp ends through dent B of the reed on the side adjoining dent C,threading in the other of said third pair of pile warp ends through dentC of the reed on the side adjoining dent B, threading in two pile warpends of-a fourth pair through each eye of pile warp heddle 2 oppositedent C, threading in one of the pile warp ends of said fourth pairthrough dent C on the side adjoining dent B, threading in the other ofthe pile warp ends of said fourth pair through dent B on the sideadjoining dent C, said ends which are threaded into different dentscrossing one another on each side of dent B, interweaving said pile warpends, binder warp ends, stufler warp ends and Wefts and in the weavingraising pile warp ends alternately in the pile by manipulating pile warpheddle frames 1 and 2, and binding the pile warp ends beneath wefts.

12. The method of weaving a pile fabric using heddles each of which hasan eye, using a reed having dents separated by splits, and using pilewarp ends, binder warp ends, stulfer warp ends and wefts, whichcomprises threading in binder warp ends in the various dents of thereed, threading in stuifer warp ends in the various dents of the reed,threading in a plurality of pile warp ends in each of the heddle eyes,threading in at least one of the pile warp ends of each heddle eyethrough a dent of the reed which is longitudinally in line with thatheddle eye and threading in at least one of the pile warp ends of eachheddle eye through a dent of the reed which is adjoining to the dentwhich is in line with said heddle eye, the pile warp end threadedthrough said adjoining 10 dent of the reed being on the side adjacentthe split which separates from the dent in line with said heddle eyewith respect to the binder in said adjoining dent, and pile warp endswhich are threaded in adjoining dents crossing one another, interweavingthe pile warp ends, binder warp ends, stuffer warp ends with wefts, andin the weaving raising the pile warp ends in pile projections andbinding them beneath wefts.

13. The method of weaving a pile fabric using heddles having eyes, usinga reed having dents and using pile warp ends, using transverse wires andusing binder warp ends, stufier warp ends and wefts, which comprisesthreading in binder warp ends in the dilferent dents of the reed,threading in stufier warp ends in the different dents of the reed,threading in through each eye of the pile warp heddle a pair of pilewarp ends and thread- .ing one of said pair of pile warp ends throughthe reed in one dent and the other of said pair of pile warp endsthrough the reed in an adjoining dent while retaining the pile warp endsof each pair between the binder warp ends which are in a particular pairof dents next to one another, interweaving the pile warp ends, binderwarp ends and stuifer warp ends with wefts into a pile fabric and in theweaving raising the pairs of pile warp ends together and insertingtransverse wires beneath them and binding the pile warp ends beneathwefts.

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